"Kabuto? What is this monstrous genius doing here?" Kaida thought. Then his mind began w overtime, dedug that Kabuto should still be under Danzo's and. Since Danzo was dead, Kabuto must now be under Hiruzen.

  "Now, this is a wele bonus from all that hard work," Kaida thought. It was reasonable for him to be this happy. The person in front of him was Kabuto, the person who had mastered sage mode and bee a perfect sage, perfected edo Tensei, and much more.

  In a sehere weren't many people who would have been a match against Kabut the Freat Ninja War, maybe not even the Kage from the great ninja vilges.

  But the most impressive feat that showed how much of a genius Kabuto was to the viewers was when Tsunade used Ranshinshō (Body Pathway Dera) on him. This teique scrambles the target's nervous system signals, causing them to misfire. As a result, when Kabuto tried to move a specific body part, like his hands, another part of his body would move instead.

  This would make a normal person paralyzed, even walking straight would bee extremely difficult, let alone fighting. But what did Kabuto do? He simply trained his body in a few mio work pletely fine and was able to put up a fight against a Sanin in this dition.

  During the fight, he was trolling every part of his body as if there were hundreds of switches he had to press simultaneously, and he did that seamlessly. That was the type of genius sitting in front of Kaida.

  Kaida simply made his way toward the seat o Kabuto.

  "Were you also called by Lord Third?" Kaida asked.

  "Yes, but who are you?" Kabuto asked, a little reserved. He had retly been admitted to Root, and Danzo hadn't had much time to train him. That's why, for the time Kabuto was under Root ninja, he was just surrounded by gloominess and seriousness, which made him a little reserved. Luckily, Danzo hadn't taught him much yet, resulting in him not losing all of his emotions and all that other stuff.

  "Oh! Sorry, I fot to introduce myself. I am Kaida Uchiha. Lord Third summoned me here today," Kaida replied, mustering the best friendly smile he could make.

  "... My name is Kabuto Yakushi. I am from the orphanage iskirts of the vilge, and yes, Lord Third summoned me here too," Kabuto replied after a little pause, as if he was thinking whether he should even talk with this person or not.

  "Oh, I was also from the orphaoo, until my aunt from the Uchiha adopted me," Kaida said, but there was a little guilt in his mind. He was trying to bee acquainted with Kabuto using his soft spot at this time, but he gave himself the justification that:

  'I don't know when I will meet him again. It's better to have a little acquaintanow, so that iure I could build a better retionship with him.'

  Before Kabuto could say anything, the gate of the Hokage's office opened, and a tall, lean man with white hair, a colorful cloak, a mischievous grin, etric charm, but trasting white eyes came outside.

  "Were you guys waiting for long?" Jiraya asked.

  'Is today my lucky day? Not only Kabuto, now I also get to meet Jiraya the galnt,' Kaida thought.

  "No, sir," Kaida replied respectfully.

  "That's great then. Now e inside. Sensei is waiting for you guys," Jiraya said and opehe gate a little wider.

  "Good evening, Lord Third," both Kaida and Kabuto said. Normally Kaida would have said

  "grandpa" instead of "Lord Third," but today it felt like something official was going to be discussed, so he decided to stick with a formal tone.

  "Good evening. How are you guys?" Hiruzen asked with his famous grandfatherly tone.

  "I am doing great, Lord Third, thanks to you," Kabuto said respectfully. Kaida uood that Hiruzen must have found out the talent of Kabuto and somehow made some moves to show his goodwill to Kabuto, most likely helping with his orphanage in some way. But he kept these thoughts in his mind a Kabuto finish.

  "Good. What about you, Kaida?" Hiruzen turo Kaida .

  "I am also doing great, Lord Third. I have just learned my first S-rank jutsu with your permission," Kaida replied.

  "Good. It's o know both of you guys are doing fine. e take a seat. I have something I want to discuss with you guys," Hiruzen said, pointing toward the seats in front of him while Jiraya sat on the sofa in the office.

  "As you guys know..." Hiruzen started reting the discussion he had already had with Shikaku and Jiraya about how the vilge suffered humiliation for so long and what were its sequences.

  "Now that we have recovered suffit strength, I am pnning on showing the world the true talent of Konoha," Hiruzen said.

  'Oh no! If this is going in the dire I'm thinking it is going, then I won't have time to go and "save" those two poor fellows,' Kaida thought.

  "So for the in Exam, I am pnning on sending the best talent of our vilge, and you twoing to be in that team," Hiruzen said with a smile.

  "But sir, I am not that powerful and would not be much help in the in Exam," Kabuto said.

  "That's not a problem, Kabuto. ... I am personally going to teach you for the month," Hiruzen said.

  Kaida's eyes went wide. The professor ersonally going to teach Kabuto. What type of absurd team would Konoha have iure if his pn became successful?

  "Then I will do my best to meet your expectations, Lord Third," Kabuto said, bowing his head.

  "I am sure you will. Now what about you, Kaida? Are you ready for this responsibility?" Hiruzen asked.

  "Yes, Lord Third. I will also try my best in the in Exam," Kaida said.

  "Good, very good. But even though you are already powerful enough, you will still o train a little to refine your strength and also master the jutsu you just learned.

  But since I am teag Kabuto for this month, I won't be able to help you as well. That's why I arranged someone else for teag you. Meet Jiraya, one of my students and a Sanin," Hiruzen said, pointing toward Jiraya.

  "Yo," Jiraya said, raising his hand up.

  "Sensei," Kaida bowed a little. There was nothing more he would like to ask now. He was even worried if there was a fixed amount of luck every person use in his life. He may have used most of his today.

  'The ce of learning sage mode directly came in front of me. Though it would be impossible to ask it right away, but slowly I could make my way toward that for sure,' Kaida thought.

  "Since I am going to be your new Sensei, and the reputation of the vilge will depend on your performance, we will start our training from tomorrow," Jiraya said, patting Kaida's shoulder as he came in front of him.

  "Yes, Sensei," Kaida replied.